Results tagged “tech” from It's Just Cool

If you've ever wondered - like I did! - how Google manages to collect all its information together and present such a concise gathering of relevant search results, your answer is at my fingertips.



PigeonRank is a patented Google function developed by Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Stanford University.  Learn more by reading here.

Have you ever wondered how secure the internet is? What I mean is how secure are the international cables that connect the internet all together? The answer in the middle east seems to be, not very secure. Click the link for the full story.   Link

More cool nano technology stuff.

"CHICAGO - Transistor radios tinier than a grain of sand, made using nanotechnology, can not only tune in to the traffic report, but may end up outperforming current silicon-based electronics, U.S. researchers said on Monday."

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This is some pretty neat stuff. I wonder about the security of the information since it is transmitted wireless... nonetheless it is still uber-cool!

"I'm sitting in the offices of Smartex near Pisa, Italy, admiring a jogging bra into which a piezoelectric sensor has been woven. A muscular young man wearing a skin-tight gray tank suit walks in. Without a word, he sets up a laptop and begins jumping up and down. His heart rate pops up on the screen and climbs as his exertions become more vigorous."

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